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1 Which high street chain gets its name from a character in the novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville?
A Starbucks (Starbuck is the chief mate on the whaling ship Pequod)
2 What colour is the Jubilee Line on a London Underground map?
A Silver
3 On what date is St David’s Day celebrated in Wales?
A 1st March
4 All Formula One cars use the same make of tyres. Who is the current manufacturer?
A Pirelli. The deal is currently set to last until the 2024 season.
5 What is the maximum number of characters allowed in a single SMS text message?
A 160 (If a message is longer than 160 characters, modern phones and mobile networks will automatically split it into parts, called “segments”. Each segment is 153 characters long. For example, a 180-character message will be sent as two segments: one 153-character message and one 27-character message.)
6 On what date is St. Andrew’s Day celebrated in Scotland?
A 30th November
7 Which major international company employs a ‘Chief Doodler’?
A Google (Google Doodle is what they call their special celebratory logos)
8 How are the US universities of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania, and Yale collectively known?
A Ivy League (so called as they comprise an American collegiate athletic conference)
9 The warm and swift current known as the Gulf Stream, is part of which ocean?
A Atlantic
10 Which popular kids’ breakfast cereal did William Davies create in 1954?
A Sugar Puffs (now re-named Honey Monster)